How to Report Spam Efficiently

11 years ago

Hi all,

Every once and a while I'll hop on a thread where someone mentions that they've reported Spam, but the spammer's link is still in the thread hours or days later. There's a quicker, easier way to report Spam. If you look at the top right hand side of each post, there's a tiny little flag. When you see Spam, click on that flag. There will be a clickable link where you can state that you are flagging the post because it's Spam. When you do this, the post will immediately disappear. Poof!

Now, that's how to report spam while you are using gardenweb on the computer. I'm not sure that the flag is there when on a tablet. I still prefer using the computer to the tablet for gardenwebbing, since the tablet version of houzz seems to have some quirks.

Hope this helps! : )

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My3dogs ME zone 5A

11 years ago

Good morning, Laughablemoments,

When you click that flag, it only makes the post disappear from your screen, which you may already know. It still appears for everyone else, unless we each click on it, too.

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laughablemoments
Original Author
11 years ago
I didn't realize that it only disappeared on my screen, My3dogs. Thanks for clearing up my confusion! : )
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User
11 years ago
Don't bother reporting Pros who spam. They don't remove them no matter how flagrant the spam is.
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laughablemoments
Original Author
11 years ago
Grrrrr...how frustrating!
sushipup1
11 years ago
Please don't let that discourage you, please report spam when you see it. It might go away if we all report it, don't wait for someone else. And if the spam post is first of a thread, yes, it will be removed.
laughablemoments thanked sushipup1
User
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Right. The ones I'm talking about are within the thread. There's one cabinet place that has been doing this for months, pulling up several old posts to post some vaguely-related comment. I've flagged all the posts one after another, thinking they'll see it's clever spam. But he just posted again yesterday with the same photos and links to his articles that he's used before.
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Olychick
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
If you stop clicking on his links, that will remove some motivation for posting spam. I never click on anything I even suspect as spam. Sometimes the admins do remove pro spam. I always write a post that I've reported (meaning flagged) spam, just to let folks know that I think it's spam and maybe they wont' click on the link. But I do think others should also flag it, the more of us who report it, maybe it will affect the decision to remove the poster.
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chispa
11 years ago
Don't give up Mayflowers! I also flag as spam any pro that brings up an old post for self- promotion. I also add a post saying the Pro's name and what they did, so others will realize what it is and not think it was a normal post. If we don't report them then there is no chance they will ever learn.
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